Nonlinear oscillations of a charged layer of a conducting liquid on the surface of a solid spherical core

Nonlinear oscillations of a layer of an ideal incompressible perfectly conducting liquid on the surface of a charged melting hailstone (solid core) are studied using analytical asymptotic calculations of the second order of smallness in initial deformation amplitude. Specifically, it is shown that, when the thickness of the layer is much less than the characteristic linear size (radius) of the solid core, the size of the core considerably influences the amplitudes of capillary oscillation modes arising on the surface of the charged layer via nonlinear interaction. It is found that, as the liquid layer on the surface of the solid core gets thinner, the energy in the spectrum of nonlinearly excited modes is redistributed with its maximum shifting toward higher (larger number) modes.     

Electrostatic instability of a heavily charged conducting liquid jet

The effect of electric charge on the jet surface on the capillary instability of the jet and its disintegration into drops is analyzed. A theoretical explanation is given for the electrostatic mechanism of instability development and jet disintegration that is akin to the mechanisms behind the instability of a heavily charged drop (Rayleigh instability) and flat uniformly charged liquid surface (Tonks-Frenkel instability) but differs qualitatively from the conventional capillary mechanism of instability and disintegration.     

Nonlinear vibrations of a charged drop in a third-order approximation in the amplitude of multimode initial deformation

A solution to the problem of nonlinear surface vibration of a charged ideal liquid drop is found in a third-order approximation in initial multimode deformation of the equilibrium spherical shape by the method of many scales. It is shown that the spectrum of modes that are responsible for the shape of the drop at an arbitrary time instant depends considerably on the spectrum of modes governing the initial deformation of the drop. The latter spectrum also has an effect on nonlinear corrections to the vibration frequencies and, consequently, on a nonlinear correction to the critical Rayleigh parameter, which specifies the stability of the drop against self-charge.     

Nonlinear periodic waves on the charged surface of a deep low-viscosity conducting liquid

An analytical expression for the profile of a finite-amplitude wave on the free charged surface of a deep low-viscosity conducting liquid is derived in an approximation quadratic in wave amplitude-to-wavelength ratio. It is shown that viscosity causes the wave amplitude to decay with time and makes the wave profile asymmetric at surface charge densities subcritical in terms of Tonks-Frenkel instability. At supercritical values of the surface charge density, taking account of viscosity decreases the growth rate of emissive protrusions on the unstable free surface, slightly broadens them for short waves, and narrows for long ones. Analytical expressions for the wave frequencies, damping rates, and instability growth rates with regard to viscosity are found.     

Nonaxisymmetric oscillations of a charged jet of a finite-conductivity viscous liquid

A dispersion relation for nonaxisymmetric oscillations of a charged jet of a viscous incompressible finite-conductivity liquid is derived. In the low-viscosity limit, when the dispersion relation can be reduced to a power algebraic equation, analytical expressions for its roots are found and their dependences on the conductivity of the liquid and carrier mobility are analyzed. Taking into account a finite rate of electric charge transfer introduces an additional damping and somewhat decreases the instability growth rates.     

Internal nonlinear resonance of charged drop capillary oscillations in a dielectric medium at multimode initial deformation of the interface

Technical Physics - An analytical expression for the generatrix of the shape of a nonlinearly vibrating charged drop of a perfect incompressible conducting fluid immersed in an ideal incompressible...     

Nonlinear analytical asymptotic investigation of oscillations of nonaxisymmetric modes of a charged jet of an ideal liquid

Technical Physics - A jet of an ideal incompressible conducting liquid with a uniformly charged surface is considered. The jet moves at a constant velocity along the symmetry axis of its...     

Nonlinear periodic waves at the charged surface of an electrically conducting viscous liquid

A correct solution to the problem of periodic-wave propagation along the charged surface of a deep viscous liquid in the second-order approximation in the wave amplitude is given for the first time. It is shown that the second-order correction in the amplitude to the profile of the wave being considered plays a decisive role in the realization of the instability of a liquid with respect to its intrinsic charge.     

On the stability of a nonaxisymmetric charged jet of a viscous conducting liquid

A dispersion equation is derived for axisymmetric and nonaxisymmetric capillary oscillations in a jet of viscous conducting liquid subjected to a constant potential. It is shown that conditions arising when the surface charge density in the jet is high cause the instability of nonaxisymmetric, rather than axisymmetric, modes with the resulting disintegration of the jet into drops of various sizes. This theoretical finding allows one to correctly interpret of experimental data for the spontaneous disintegration of charged jets.     

Nonlinear capillary vibrations and stability of a highly charged drop under single-mode initial deformation of large amplitude

Nonlinear vibrations of a charged drop that are caused by a virtual initial perturbation of the equilibrium spherical shape of the drop were considered. The perturbation can be proportional to any of the free vibration modes. The spectrum and stability of the vibrations were studied correct to second order of smallness.     

Capillary oscillations of a flat charged surface of liquid with finite conductivity

A dispersion relation is proposed and analyzed for the spectrum of capillary motion at a charged flat liquid surface with allowance made for the finite rate of charge redistribution accompanying equalization of the potential as a result of the wave deformation of the free surface. It is shown that when the conductivity of the liquid is low, a highly charged surface becomes unstable as a result of an increase in the amplitude of the aperiodic chargerelaxation motion of the liquid and not of the wave motion, as is observed for highly conducting media. The finite rate of charge redistribution strongly influences the structure of the capillary motion spectrum of the liquid and the conditions for the establishment of instability of its charged surface when the characteristic charge relaxation time is comparable with the characteristic time for equalization of the wave deformations of the free surface of the liquid. Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 67, 34–41 (August 1997)     

Nonlinear nonaxisymmetric oscillations of a space-charged jet

The problem of nonlinear nonaxisymmetric oscillations of a jet of a space-charged dielectric (zeroconductivity) liquid is solved asymptotically. The solution is accurate up to second-order terms in initial deformation amplitude. It is shown that the difference between the amplitude values of second-order corrections to the solutions for perfectly conducting and perfectly dielectric liquids depends on the permittivity of the latter and may amount to several tens of percent. The permittivity of the liquid also governs the positions of internal resonances, in the vicinity of which nonlinear energy transfer between modes takes place.     

Nonlinear degenerate resonance interaction of waves on a charged liquid surface

The physics of nonlinear degenerate resonance energy exchange between waves on the flat free charged surface of a conducting liquid is analytically (asymptotically) studied up to the second order of smallness. A set of differential equations for the evolution of the amplitudes of nonlinearly resonantly interacting waves is derived. It turns out that nonlinear computations (taking into account the dependence of the wave frequency on the finite amplitude) yield an infinite number of degenerate resonances, although computations based on frequencies found in the linear theory give a finite number of resonances. In nonlinear computations, the positions of the degenerate resonances depend on the surface charge density (or on the external electric field normal to the free surface of the liquid) in contrast to the results of linear computations (based on frequencies found in the linear theory). It is found that as the wavenumber of an exact degenerate resonance is approached (that is, in the vicinity of this number), the direction of energy transfer changes sign: now the energy is transferred from a shorter wave to a longer one and not the reverse.     

Nonlinear electrohydrodynamic phenomena and droplet generation in charged jets of conducting liquid

Phenomena occurring at the tip of a charged conducting jet are analyzed in detail using numerical methods developed for axially symmetric flows. Universal mechanisms (independent of the method for producing the jet) for droplet formation with different ratios of the Laplace and electrical pressures on the lateral surface are identified. An explanatory analysis is given for all of the nonlinear stages of the classical Rayleigh instability of a charged conducting drop, beginning with the formation of a jet at the surface of the drop and culminating in the generation of a developed jet of secondary droplets. Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 69, 1–9 (November 1999)     

Nonlinear corrections to the oscillation mode frequencies of an ideal liquid charged jet

An analytical asymptotic expression is derived for the time evolution of an ideal incompressible conducting liquid jet with a uniformly charged surface that moves with a constant velocity along the symmetry axis of an undisturbed cylindrical surface. The expression is obtained in the third order of smallness in jet oscillation amplitude under the conditions when the initial deformation of the equilibrium jet surface is specified by one (axisymmetric or nonaxisymmetric) mode. Analytical expressions are also found for the positions of internal nonlinear degenerate three-and four-mode resonances, which are typical of nonlinear corrections to the equilibrium shape of the jet, liquid velocity field potential in the jet, and electrostatic field near the jet, and also for a nonlinear frequency correction. It is established that the nonlinear oscillations of the jet take place about a surface depending on the type of initial (generally asymmetric) deformation rather than about the equilibrium cylindrical shape.     

Nonlinear capillary-gravitational periodic waves on the charged surface of a finite-thickness viscous liquid

An analytical expression for the time evolution of the profile of a nonlinear periodic capillary-gravitational wave traveling over the charged surface of a viscous incompressible finite-thickness liquid is found. The calculation is carried out in the second order of smallness in wave amplitude. It is shown that the dependence of a nonlinear correction to a linear solution on the liquid viscosity and liquid layer thickness changes qualitatively in going from thick to thin liquid layers.     

Nonlinear periodic waves on the charged surface of a finite-thickness ideal liquid layer

In the fourth order of smallness in the amplitude of a periodic capillary-gravitational wave travelling over the uniformly charged free surface of an ideal incompressible conducting liquid of a finite depth, analytical expressions for the evolution of the nonlinear wave, velocity field potential of the liquid, electrostatic field potential above the liquid, and nonlinear frequency correction that is quadratic in a small parameter are derived. It is found that the dependence of the amplitude of the nonlinear correction to the frequency on the charge density on the free liquid surface and on the thickness of the liquid layer changes qualitatively when the layer gets thinner. In thin liquid layers, the resonant wavenumber depends on the surface charge density, while in thick layers, this dependence is absent.     

Nonlinear multimode dynamics of the formation of deformation defect mesostructures in crystals under radiation

Two-stage dynamics of the self-organization of three-dimensional cluster-and periodic deformation defect mesostructures in cubic crystals under radiation is considered and the criteria of mesostructure self-organization are formulated.     

Nonlinear oscillations of a charged drop accelerated in an electrostatic field

An analytical asymptotic solution to the problem of nonlinear oscillations of a charged drop moving with acceleration through a vacuum in a uniform electrostatic field is found. The solution is based on a quadratic approximation in two small parameters: the eccentricity of the equilibrium spheroidal shape of the drop and the amplitude of the initial deformation of the equilibrium shape. In the calculations carried out in an inertial frame of reference with the origin at the center of mass of the drop, expansions in fractional powers of the small parameter are used. Corrections to the vibration frequencies are always negative and appear even in the second order of smallness. They depend on the stationary deformation of the drop in the electric field and nonlinearly reduce the surface charge critical for development of the drops’s instability. It is found that the evolutions of the shapes of nonlinearly vibrating unlike-charged drops differ slightly owing to inertial forces.     

Stability of a charged drop of a viscous electrically conducting liquid in a viscous electrically conducting medium

A dispersion relation is derived for capillary oscillations of a charged electrically conducting viscous drop in an electrically conducting viscous medium. It is shown that aperiodic instability of the charged interface between the two media can arise in this system, with a growth rate that depends qualitatively differently on the ratio of their conductivities in different ranges of values of this ratio. In a certain range of conductivity ratios the drop undergoes oscillatory instability. Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 69, 34–42 (October 1999)